Hey, all you metal maniacs. New Christmas single from Baltimore's Tre Watson and Drewsif Stalin (cute). "God Rest Ye Merry Djentlemen" is about what you'd expect from the Death Core duo, or maybe more so. There's an instrumental version, too. It's been posted to Bandcamp as a "name your price" deal. Remember "0" equals free. And the boys say "Merry Effin' Christmas" to y'all.

OK, I know I lament the lack of good free holiday Blues and Jazz, but I'm guessing some of our visitors wish there were more free hard rock, metal and punk. You wish has been granted. Rottweiler Records is turning up your holiday heat with a collection that, on first spin through, was pretty darn solid (even if this isn't my personal genre of choice for every meal, I appreciate the good stuff now and again). I haven't had the chance to listen to all of "Fleas Naughty Dog", but sampling suggests it's about evenly split between hard rock, metal and punk. 3 tracks I do want to mention in particular--the three that caught my eye and ear. First, the name Harry Gore caught my eye immediately. I believe I'm correct that that's the same Harry Gore who, ages back, recorded the brilliant Byrds-up version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"--one of the best free tracks I've ever downloaded from the Net. And it sure sounds like him, though he rocks a little harder here (still sounds a bit too mainstream rock for this collection). Another name I recognized was Frost For Ashes and, sure enough, they are the same Christian Death Metal band that previously recorded this track for the "Brutal Christmas" collection in 2002 (don't know whether it's the same version/recording). Finally, during my quick spin, Einstein Savage caught my ear. I liked the bit of a stray cat strut they brought to their "Anti-Santa Is Coming To Town". It stood out in a good way for me. The Harry Gore track and Einstein Savage I'll definitely return to. But I'm sure there will be plenty of others thrilled with every song here. If you like this sort of thing, then this will be precisely the sort of thing you will like.

The FREE List

Here we hope to direct you to some of the Christmas music on the web that can be yours absolutely free. We will not direct you to mp3 or sharity sites, here, but only to artist sites, label sites, and other authorized and unquestionably legal locations.